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Man sentenced in wife's killing

The man convicted of killing his wife and burying her remains receives the maximum sentence.

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Updated: 6:21 PM EDT Aug 8, 2013

Man sentenced in wife's killing

The man convicted of killing his wife and burying her remains receives the maximum sentence.

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Updated: 6:21 PM EDT Aug 8, 2013

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WEBVTT COUNSELORS JUST LAST MONTH THAT HE WAS NOT ALL THAT BAD. DAVID COLLIN, WBAL-TV 11 NEWS. DAVID, THANK YOU. THE MAN DID OF KILLING HIS WIFE AND BURYING HER BODY UNDER A SHED IN THE BACKYARD OF THE MAXIMUM PENALTY. WE WERE IN THE COURTROOM WHEN ROBERT JARRETT JUNIOR LEARNS HIS FATE. IT HAS BEEN A LONG YEAR AND A HALF. WE ARE HAPPY WITH THE JUDGE'S WORDS AND THE SENTENCE. BOBBY GERRIT REACTS TO JUDGE RICHARD BERNHARDT'S DECISION TO SENTENCE ROBERT JARRETT FOR THE MAXIMUM 30 YEARS FOR THE MURDER OF HIS WIFE CHRISTINE BACK IN 1991. ROBERT JARRETT WAS FOUND GUILTY OF MURDER AFTER KILLING HIS WIFE AND BURYING HER BODY UNDERNEATH A SHED IN THE BACKYARD WHERE IT WOULD REST FOR 21 YEARS. ACCORDING TO SENTENCING GUIDELINES, HE COULD HAVE BEEN SENTENCED ANYWHERE FROM 10 TO 21 YEARS, AFTER -- BUT AFTER HEARING A STATEMENT FROM BOBBY, INCLUDING THAT HE AND HIS BROTHER USED TO PLAY IN THE SHED, NOT KNOWING THEY WERE STANDING ON TOP OF THEIR MOTHER, THE JUDGE SAID THE MAXIMUM SENTENCE WAS JUST. IT HAS BEEN 21 YEARS. YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO REALLY LOOK BACK AT OUR ENTIRE LIVES AND JUST -- IT REALIZE THE MANIPULATION AND THE DECEIT THROUGH ALL OF THESE YEARS. IT WAS TOUGH, BUT IT WAS VERY THERAPEUTIC. ROBERT JARRETT'S ATTORNEY SAID HE WAS NOT SURPRISED, SAYING THE FIX WAS ALWAYS IN FOR HIS CLIENT. UNFORTUNATELY IT WAS ANTICIPATED HE WOULD GET EVERY DAY OF 30 YEARS. I THINK THAT HE WAS NOT SENSE IS FOR THE CRIME, BUT THE WAY SHE WAS DISPOSED OF. NOT TRUE, SAYS BOBBY AND HIS SUPPORTERS. HE FEELS THAT HIS FATHER GOT WHAT HE DESERVED. HE CALLED YOUR FATHER A MONSTER HIDING BEHIND THE SOFTNESS OF HUMAN SKIN. WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THAT? I THINK HE GOT IT DEAD ON. HE WILL GET 170 DAYS.

Man sentenced in wife's killing

The man convicted of killing his wife and burying her remains receives the maximum sentence.